President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev visited the site where Takhtakorpu Water Reservoir and a hydroelectric power station will be constructed.
The Reservoire`s total area is 8.7 square kilometres. It contains a total of 268.4 million cubic meters of water.
The reconstruction of the Samur-Absheron irrigation system will considerably improve the water supply to Baku, Sumgayit and Absheron peninsula.
The construction work at the site will complete in the first half of 2013.
The President also inspected the construction work at the Takhtakorpu-Jeyranbatan Channel. The channel will be 110.3 km in length, 2m in width and 4m in depth. The facility will also be constructed by the first half of 2013.

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